Prevention News is an occasional publication produced by the EHPSA programme. We trawl the news media, journals and grey literature for news and views on HIV prevention for adolescents, LGBTI, prisoners and other vulnerable groups.

ADOLESCENTS

UNGA High Level Meeting: 2016 Political Declaration on ending AIDS by 2030 has strong focus on adolescents, women, girls and gender equality. More…

WHA side event: Speakers at a World Health Assembly side event call for fast-track response to ending AIDS among women and adolescent girls. More…

Community-led prevention: Report assess 37 interventions by the SHARP programme in Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Tanzania and finds that interventions aimed at MSM are best delivered by organisations led by MSM. Article, Full report

PRISONERS

Condoms for Zimbabwe: Commissioner-General of Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services has called for condoms to be distributed in prisons and for compulsory HIV testing. More… But the Editor of The Chronicle strongly opposes this. More…

OTHER NEWS

UN protest: Activists walk out of UN High Level meeting in protest about scant mention of key populations in the 2016 Political Declaration. More…

Evidence for HIV Prevention in Southern Africa (EHPSA) is a four-year programme funded by UK aid from the Department of International Development, with additional funding from SIDA and the World Bank. The programme is managed by Mott MacDonald.